Texture

TEXTURE

• The surface character of a material that can be experienced through touch or the illusion of touch.2
  

• The characteristics of a surface that are experienced through touch or vision, which can be represented on a two-dimensional picture plane though various drawings and media techniques.1

1. Basic Visual Concepts and Principles, Allschlaeger and Busic-Snyder, 1st ed.
2. Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice, Ocvirk, et al. 11th ed.
3. Design Basics, Lauer and Pentak, 7th ed.

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